Air Canada Voted Top Honours in Travel Magazine Awards

MONTREAL, Dec. 9, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada has once again been
named best airline in North America by frequent travelers. In annual
readership surveys conducted in 2013 by U.S. travel magazines Global Traveler, Business Traveler and Premier Traveler, readers named Air Canada the best in North America in multiple
categories, including tops for international travel and in-flight
service.

"Air Canada is very pleased to be recognized as the North American
leader by those frequent travelers whose wide experience of a variety
of airlines uniquely qualifies them to judge. We have now won some of
these awards for five consecutive years and the consensus that Air
Canada is the best airline in North America is a welcome endorsement of
our strategy to transform Air Canada into an international powerhouse.
This entails building global hubs, including a North American gateway
in Toronto, and offering customers industry-leading airport concierge,
Maple Leaf Lounge and on-board services. We took another major step
forward this month by unveiling our new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which
will feature an enhanced version of the International Business Class
lie-flat seats that have made Air Canada a North American leader. Our
fleet of 37 Dreamliners will also feature a Premium Economy cabin, as
well as other amenities such as a state-of-the-art in-flight
entertainment system available free at every seat," said Ben Smith,
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Air Canada.

Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international airline
serving more than 175 destinations on five continents. Canada's flag
carrier is among the 20 largest airlines in the world and in 2012
served close to 35 million customers. Air Canada provides scheduled
passenger service directly to 60 Canadian cities, 49 destinations in
the United States and 67 cities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,
Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America. Air Canada is a
founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air
transportation network serving 1,328 destinations in 195 countries.
Air Canada is the only international network carrier in North America
to receive a Four-Star ranking according to independent U.K. research
firm Skytrax that ranked Air Canada in a worldwide survey of more than
18 million airline passengers as Best Airline in North America in 2013
for the fourth consecutive year. For more information, please visit: aircanada.com.